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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
3
A speaker concludes his address by crediting his wife for his success. A tradesman in the back heckles asking if he is on the bill, eliciting laughter from the admiring audience.
A fragmentary exchange shows a defiant dialogue as one figure questions if refusal prompts self harm, with the other retorting that such an action is their usual custom. The terse snippet hints at legal or moral tension rather than a full incident.
A playful dialogue features Miss Jones and Pear son’s Weekly with jokes about being cool in front of er and lambs while a rainy scene yields a dog joke about stepping into a poodle.
A brief line notes a manly fellow asking if Johnny took his medicine as a man would. The reply indicates Johnny did take it but caused an awful fuss.
Major C. C. Turner details a flying tour describing how landscapes change from the air. He notes shadows of trees, the blurred Niagara Falls, and the glow of city lights as planes approach major urban centers at night. He praises Los Angeles and San Francisco as staging marvels while Chicago and New York seem vast from above.
Paul Bartlett, son of Mr and Mrs William J Bartlett of Medford Mass started teething at three months and has a dozen molars by his first birthday, signaling strong health as he grows.
The piece contrasts sea coast routes with high mountain flights offering dramatic views gained through toil and risk. It notes vast cultivated plains beneath, distant rail lines, and grand red and yellow cliffs in the western states. Moonlight transforms airplane wings into silver as night reveals a luminous panorama.
The Moscow zoo outfits its monkeys with pants fur coats and gloves this winter to keep them warm. A 300 square meter light hall hosts pachyderms while tropical animals stay indoors. Monkeys shed outfits and return to an artificial tropical wood between rooms equipped with a hospital and dining area.
Dr. Edmund Ezra Day, 53, director of the Rockefeller Foundation social science program, elected president of Cornell University to succeed Dr. Livingston Farrand who retires next June. Day has three decades in education with teaching posts at Dartmouth Harvard and Michigan.
In Wheatland California turkey raisers report their flocks are working overtime to eat grasshoppers amid a broad insect plague affecting crops statewide. The birds help control the pest while farmers cope with losses.
The Portsmouth navy yard, birthplace of U S submarines, builds six subs under a 1935 congressional authorization. Three are fitting out, two on the stocks, two on the ways plus two on designers boards. Keels for Stingray and Snapper laid in 1935 and 1936, Stingray to be 26th submarine from the yard. After these, eight more must be built to reach treaty strength.
The New York and Chicago auto shows spotlight a surge in automobile trailers as nomadic living becomes fashionable. About 300 trailer makers exist, with centers in Southern Michigan. yearly production rising from 20 000 35 000 in 1935 to an estimated 200 000 in 1937. Trailers range from basic carriers to full living units with beds kitchens and air conditioning, appealing to retired and traveling families and various mobile services.
In Radcliffe England the town administration highlights a population of 25008 and asserts the area contains no slums according to local records. The Rocky Mountain Herald reports the boast as a feature of municipal pride and housing policy.
Stains from apples and other produce can be removed by rubbing with bread crust dipped in vinegar and washing in warm water. Clean sticky leather with gasoline or alcohol and olive oil, then wait 48 hours. Mildewed leather responds to petroleum ointment. Do not sprinkle pongee. Rub black marble with olive oil and a chamois for lustre. Use a blunt pencil end to mark linens for embroidery. Soak lace curtains in cold water with salt before first wash. Tomato soup can be thickened with milk. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
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